Tuesday, December 31, 2013

I have three more hours to post my last blog of 2013. I'm sitting at my Dad's house with my husband, our kids and my Dad watching some New Year's Eve specials and snacking on gifted Christmas cookies (like so much this Christmas, I did not feel like baking), shrimp, and sipping warm German Spiced wine. It's not the wild family celebration of past years, but this feels just right.

The Christmas season for me always starts with the shop's Christmas Open House on the first Saturday of December. The shop was decorated with cross-stitched Christmas ornaments,
stockings, and framed Santas. There were nibblies, specials, gifts for all, and lots of Christmas cheer. To view all the Open House photosClick here.
This year's Open House was very much like those of previous years, with one exception. My mom was very much in my heart this day, and sharing the day with many friends made it easier.
My mother always loved the festivities and cherished each and every one of our dedicated stitchers.

For those of you who were unable to drop by the shop and partake in the festivities, I would like to extend my Christmas gift to all of you. Every year I design a Christmas Ornament, which is kitted and then gifted at the Open House. And as it happens this year's was another Reindeer.Click herefor the chart. Enjoy!!
And enjoy the remainder of this Festive Season.

Hoping you all had a very Merry Christmas, surrounded by the love of family and friends.

And wishing you all peace, hope, love and good health for every day of the coming new year.

Gitta's gang appreciates your business and we hope to serve you again in 2014. Without you the shop would not be here.

About Me

I have been a petit pointer all my life, or rather since the age of 11. Today, I engage in all kinds of stitching techniques and design for petit point under the Gitta's Designs label. With my mother I also run a fully stocked stitching shop, Gitta's, located in Port Credit (Mississauga), Ontario, Canada. Gitta's is your one stop stitching shop! Carrying hundreds of designs and supplies for cross stitch, petit point and needlpoint.

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15 Sided Pulled Thread Biscornu Stitch-A-Long

This SAL began with my August 3rd, 2012 post and ended with my December 14th, 2012 post. Follow up posts were January 19th, 2013, February 21, 2013 for the 16th final (Initial) square, and March 15th, 2013.

15 Sided Biscornu Stitch-A-Long

This SAL began with my January 8th 2011 post and ended with the finishing instructions on my March 18th, 2011 post.

All of the April 2011 posts then added 3 extra squares and instructions to turn this 15 Sided Biscornu into an 18 Square Sampler.